Our Mission
To unite and empower the rural women and train them in various skills in order to make them financially independent and make them more confident and self reliant.
Aims & Objectives of the Program
- To create an opportunity for Unskilled women and girls for skill development.
- Empowering women to contribute financially and socially to the society through various income generation and skill development activities.
- To create awareness and training among rural women about good health practices maintaining health hygiene and sanitation of not only personal but the whole rural community.
- To create a wholistic health program which includes physical, mental, emotional and spiritual care for the rural women, adolescent girls and children
What is the Need of Skill Development Center
- Lack of proper infrastructure and training to enhance women education.
- Need for teaching various skills to the rural women such as sewing, embroidery, beauticians course, jewellery making, cooking and baking and handicrafts in order to provide a source of income and sustenance for rural women.
- Need for rural women to be trained to become entrepreneurs and become financially independent.
- Need for providing quality health hygiene and sanitation training for a wholistic well being of the rural women.
PALGHAR DISTRICT SKILL GAP OBSERVATION
- Labor force to be generated by 2023 : 47.08 Lakh
- Total target population to be trained for skill development annually: 44, 695
- Annual capacity of the district to train students is extremely less
1. Short term skilling: 4830
2. ITI (Government and Private): 40
Hence, important for other organizations to bridge the skilling gap
* Source: Micro- Level Skill Gap Study for the State of Maharashtra dated 2019
Our Work So Far...
- Skill Development Centre operating since last 4 years
- Village Centers at Galtare to provide piece work to the trained students.
- We have many Self Help Groups through which ladies get regular orders and get paid for their work.
- Trained more than 100 tribal women with the support of Sewa International
- Digital Literacy training the trainers program in collaboration with TCS Adult Literacy Project
- Solar Sevika project in collaboration with One child one light foundation with Mr Ranga which will help to set up solar lamp assembly units
- Women Empowerment- Ecofeminism and sustainability Courses
1. Apparel and Fashion
Basic Stitching
How to Operate Sewing Machine
Maintenance of Machine
Basic repairing
Basic Stitching
Embroidary
Basic Joints of Carpentry
Carving on Lathe Machine
Plywood Work
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Engineering
Measurement and Conversion of
units
Welding and Plumbing and
Soldering
Threading & Tapping of Metals
Estimation Projects
2. Energy And Environment (21 skills)
Agriculture
Crop Selection, Seed Treatment
Pest Control and Vermicompost
Irrigation Techniques
Soil and Water Testing
Animal Husbandry
Animal Temperature & Age
Calculating Animal Weight
Method of Milking and Feeding
Control of internal external parasite of animals
3. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (18 skills)
Electrical
Electrical accessories and wiring
Installation of motor using starters
Measuring electrical parameters
Wiring of Solar lighting systems
Environment
Plane table survey with traverse
Making of contours using dumpty
level.
Construction of Soak pit and Septic
tank.
Energy
Maintenance of Diesel Engine
Basics Of Biogas Plant
Fuel Efficiency Measurement
4. Health & Home (15 skills are taught)
Health and Home
Blood Group Testing
Basic Yoga Practices
Personal Hygiene
Making Aelovera Jel and Oil
Food Preservation
Processed jam, jelly, squash
Bakery Products
Processed nuts, pickles
Preparation of soya milk
Features of Skill Development Center
- 72,000 Sq Ft Construction
- Innovation Centre (Fab Lab Sponsored by MIT USA)
- Computer Workshop (1000 Sq Ft )
- Workshops for Electical, Welding Technology, Agriculture and Food Processing
- Classrooms
- Incubation centers/Production Units - Bakery, Cow Product, Tailoring, Spices etc.
- Reception with Display Gallery
- Washroom Facility
- Separate Hostel for Girls and Boys
- Agricultural Land
- Garden
- Zero Water Waste Treatment Plant
- Natural Water Harvesting
- Display gallery for products
- Auditorium
- Kitchen and Dining Hall
- Conference Room
- Beautician and Massage Training
- Exhibition Hall